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Anotherview No.13, Early Summer in Portofino by Anotherview
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Anotherview is an ongoing project that takes place in between interior design and video art. It transforms your home into a nomadic place, where virtual window leads to unexpected la...
Category
2010s Italian Rare Gifts
Materials
Iron
One of a Kind Pedro Friedeberg Hands and Ties Chair Gold Leaf
By Pedro Friedeberg
Located in Kansas City, MO
This is an extremely rare opportunity. One off chair by artist and designer Pedro Friedeberg. This stunning chair is upholstered in Mr. Friedeberg's own personal neck ties. 17 hand-c...
Category
2010s Mexican Modern Rare Gifts
Materials
Gold Leaf
Anotherview No.8 Skiing in the Brenta Dolomites, Video Art by Anotherview
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Anotherview is an ongoing project that takes place in between interior design and video art. It transforms your home into a nomadic place, where virtual wind...
Category
2010s Italian Rare Gifts
Materials
Iron, Stainless Steel
Impressive Collection of 19th Century English Staffordshire Dogs
By Royal Staffordshire Ceramics 1
Located in Buchanan, MI
Impressive Collection of 19th century English Staffordshire Dogs. Instant collection including some rare examples. Eleven total. Note: Measu...
Category
19th Century English Antique Rare Gifts
Materials
Porcelain
Carved Swiss Black Forest Chalet Clock, circa 1880
Located in Evergreen, CO
Intricate, painstaking detail is featured in this rare and magnificent, hand-carved, Black Forest chalet clock, which has professionally restored woodwork...
Category
1880s Swiss Black Forest Antique Rare Gifts
Materials
Walnut
Poul Henningsen Table Lamp Model PH-2/2 'The Questions Mark' by Louis Poulsen
By Poul Henningsen
Located in Limhamn, Skåne län
Very rare table lamp model PH-2/2 ‘The question mark’ designed by Poul Henningsen. Produced by Louis Poulsen in Denmark.
Category
1930s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Rare Gifts
Materials
Brass
Pomme Bouche, Brooch, Claude Lalanne, French, Design, 1990's, Bronze, Jewels
By Claude Lalanne
Located in Geneva, CH
Pomme Bouche, Brooch, Claude Lalanne, French, Design, 1990's, Bronze, Jewels
Brooch Pomme Bouche
1990
Edition Arthus-bertrand, Paris
Bronze with a golden...
Category
1990s Art Nouveau Rare Gifts
Materials
Bronze
Teckell Ciclotte in Black by Luca Schieppati and Gianfranco Barban
By Gianfranco Barban, Teckell, Luca Schieppati
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Ciclotte exercise bike designed by Luca Schieppati and Gianfranco Barban for Teckell is a part of the fitness collection. The bike is built with a crysta...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Rare Gifts
Materials
Steel
Rare Meissen Marcolini Porcelain Chinoiserie Incense Burner Vase and Cover
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Queens, NY
A rare Meissen Marcolini Porcelain Chinoiserie incense burner vase and cover, made for the Chinese market, circa 1800, blue cross swords and star mark, Pressnummer 58
A Museum Quality Piece.
Painted in the sought after famille rose palette with sprigs of indianische Blumen and enriched in gilding, the simulated pierced body supported by four feet painted with stylized dragons, the pierced cover with a Buddhist lion finial.
10" high x 6" wide x 6" deep
The shape of this piece, which appears to be unrecorded in the literature, is inspired by similar Chinese porcelain censers from the Qing Dynasty, Kangxi Period (1654-1722). An example in the Palace Museum, Beijing, is illustrated by Li Yi-hua in Qing Porcelain of Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong Periods from the Palace Museum Collection, Hong Kong, 1989, pl. 65. Another in the British Museum, London (museum no. PDF, A.812) is catalogued as a perfume-holder.
These porcelain examples are in turn inspired by ancient Chinese bronzes from both the Shang (1600-1046 BC) and the Zhou (1046-246 BCE) dynasties, an example of which was sold anonymously by Christie's New York, 22 March 2019, lot 1601. This chain of inspiration tracking backwards from the 19th century to antiquity provides a clear example of how ceramics, and indeed other mediums, are able to influence and motivate the works of later generations.
For a Meissen porcelain snuff...
Category
Late 18th Century German Chinoiserie Antique Rare Gifts
Materials
Porcelain
$30,000 Sale Price
40% Off
Anotherview N.18 A Sunday by the Western Wall, Video Art by Anotherview
By AnotherView
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Anotherview is an ongoing project that takes place in between interior design and video art. It transforms your home into a nomadic place, where virtual wind...
Category
2010s Italian Rare Gifts
Materials
Iron
Original Vintage Rio Mid-Century Modern Chaise by Oscar Niemeyer, 1978
By Oscar Niemeyer, Anna Maria Niemeyer
Located in New York, NY
Oscar Niemeyer was a Brazilian architect considered to be one of the key figures in the development of modern architecture.
That’s "Rio" Chaise Lounge created in 1978 by Oscar Niemeyer and his daughter Anna Maria Niemeyer. "Rio" is exemplary of Niemeyer’s exquisite curves and sinuous forms made famous by his seminal modern architecture.
That's a rare vintage piece Manufactured by Moveis Tepperman in Brazil, 1995.
Literature
Desenho da Utopia, Brazilian Modern Furniture...
Category
1970s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Rare Gifts
Materials
Leather, Cane, Wood
Monumental 19th Century Baccarat Style Crystal Table Fountain
By Baccarat
Located in Essex, MA
Rare and monumental crystal table fountain attributed to baccarat
Three-tiers of blown and cut crystal, signature Baccarat-style diamond cut
Marble base
Can be used as an epergne however, was most probably a champagne fountain...
Category
Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Rare Gifts
Materials
Crystal
Rolling Stones Band 1989 "Steel Wheels Tour" Custom Made Snooker Table
Located in Atlanta, GA
From the Rolling Stones Band "Steel Wheels Tour" is a custom made Snooker table.
On the 1989 Steel wheels tour table, which was decorated with names of classic Rolling Stones’ hits, had legs mounted with replicas of John Pasche’s famous 1970 “Tongue and Lips” artwork...
Category
1970s North American Vintage Rare Gifts
Materials
Felt, Laminate, Wood
Diamond (Red)
By Jeff Koons
Located in Calabasas, CA
Artist: Jeff Koons
Title: Diamond (Red)
Year: 2020
Medium: Porcelain with metallic chromatic coating
Dimensions: 12 1/5 x 15 7/16 x 12 5/8 inches (31 x 39.2 x 32.1 cm)
Edition: 599; ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Rare Gifts
Materials
Porcelain
Rare Chamberlain's Worcester Covered Tureen on Stand, circa 1820
Located in New York, NY
With the arms and crest on each side of Hay, Earl of Errol. The well of the stand has a full blown continuation of the overall "Rich Queen's" pattern.
Category
1820s British Antique Rare Gifts
Materials
Porcelain
9'2 "High Roller Gun" Custom Wooden Marquetry Surfboard feat 24 Carat Gold
By Emma Wood
Located in Nr Abergavenny, Monmouthshire
This is a unique custom surfboard featuring a marquetry deck incorporating 24 carat gold leaf, designed and hand-crafted by the w o o d p o p studio which specialises in marquetry an...
Category
2010s British Rare Gifts
Materials
Gold Leaf
$15,911 Sale Price
20% Off
White and Yellow Gold Tempered Glass Chess Set
Located in Southampton, PA
The foremost game of strategy unfolds between the most fantastic cast of characters with this unique and stunning handmade, custom designed chess set. Consider first the sheer weight...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Rare Gifts
Materials
14k Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
Extremely Rare Pair of Ferdinand Barbedienne Ormolu and Champlevé Enamel Vases
By Ferdinand Barbedienne, Louis-Constant Sevin
Located in Queens, NY
An extremely rare, museum quality pair of Ferdinand Barbedienne ormolu and champlevé enamel vases, circa 1870, certainly designed by Louis Constant Sevin...
Category
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Rare Gifts
Materials
Enamel, Ormolu
$17,600 Sale Price
20% Off
Very Rare Edwardian Sterling Silver 'Pig Bell' London 1904 by William Hornby
By WILLIAM HORNBY, LONDON (1898-1913)
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1904 by William Hornby, this wonderful and very rare, antique sterling silver bell, is modelled as a quite charmi...
Category
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Rare Gifts
Materials
Sterling Silver
Rare Patek Philippe 5050R 18K Pink Gold Retrograde Perpetual Calendar Wristwatch
By Patek Philippe
Located in Switzerland, CH
Beautiful Patek Philippe 5050R
Retrograde Perpetual Calendar
18K rose gold case with an 18K rose gold tang buckle
Case in excellent condition with clear and bold hallmarks
Baton Nume...
Category
1990s Swiss Rare Gifts
Materials
Rose Gold, 18k Gold
1962 Georges Braque Gilded Bronze & Bicolor Agate "Sarpedon" Precious Sculpture
By Georges Braque
Located in Paris, FR
Exceptional gilded bronze and bicolor concentric Agate sculpture called Sarpedon by Georges Braque (1882-1963), inventor of cubism.
It is Signed 'Heger de Loewenfeld à Georges Braq...
Category
1960s French Modern Vintage Rare Gifts
Materials
Bronze
Original 1948 Baccarat Crystal Sun Clock
By Baccarat
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The designs of Georges Chevalier (1894-1987), who was artistic director of Baccarat from the 1920s to the 1970s, were largely responsible for propelling Baccarat into the modern era. With his purity of line and geometric style cues, his signature is clearly legible, marking the stylistic power of the first artist to work for the Manufacture.
Among Georges Chevalier’s flagship designs, was the Sun...
Category
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Rare Gifts
Materials
Crystal, Metal, Brass, Iron
Fancy Yellow Diamond Ring, 20.28 Carat
Located in New Orleans, LA
This monumental 20.28-carat natural fancy yellow diamond ranks among the rarest and most coveted of all gemstones. The rare stone is certified by the Gemological Institute of America...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Rare Gifts
Materials
White Diamond, Yellow Diamond, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Juan & Paloma Garrido, Waves, Pair of Candlesticks, Spain, 2017
By Juan and Paloma Garrido
Located in New York, NY
This pair of candlesticks, one of a limited edition of thirty-five, possess a serpentine form. When placed together, the two, because of their shape and shimmering nickel-plated surf...
Category
2010s Spanish Rare Gifts
Materials
Metal, Nickel
Cartier Lapis Lazuli Rock Crystal, Agate, Enamel Art Deco Inkwell
By Cartier
Located in New York, NY
An outstanding Art Deco inkwell by Cartier.
The malachite and lapis lazuli rectangular base of mosaic motif,
supported by rock crystal and blue enamel feet, set at the center with ...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Rare Gifts
Materials
Agate, Lapis Lazuli, Malachite, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Enamel
Poul Henningsen Table Lamp Model PH 3½/2 Produced by Louis Poulsen in Denmark
By Poul Henningsen
Located in Limhamn, Skåne län
Rare table lamp model PH 3½/2 designed by Poul Henningsen. Produced by Louis Poulsen in Denmark. Marked “PAT. APPL”.
Category
1920s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Rare Gifts
Materials
Brass, Copper
Very Important and Rare Roman Micromosaic Plaque, circa 1840
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A very important and rare Roman micromosaic plaque, circa 1840-1850.
circular, "Village People"
in a later giltwood frame
plaque sight size 12 1/2" b...
Category
1840s Antique Rare Gifts
Materials
Cut Glass
Pair of Italian Portraits Made of Handcrafted Micromosaic Tiles
By Vatican Mosaic Studio
Located in London, GB
An important pair of large micromosaic plaques
from The Vatican Studios of Rome
Gold Gilt frames of portrait form enclose the plaques, which depict male and female Italian villagers...
Category
20th Century Italian Revival Rare Gifts
Materials
Giltwood, Cut Glass
Rare English Silver-Gilt Book-Form Chess and Backgammon Game Board, circa 1976
By Asprey & Garrard Limited
Located in Queens, NY
Rare English silver-gilt book-form chess and backgammon game board, circa 1976.
This exceptional and rare solid silver chess board converts into a backgammon board and can also be placed in a bookshelf to add more opulence. (3 in 1).
This was most definitely a private commissioned piece by the House of Garrard...
Category
20th Century British Rare Gifts
Materials
Silver
Ultra Rare Christian Dior " Gypsy " Blue Enamel Oversized Sunglasses, 1969
By Christian Dior
Located in Baleares, Baleares
Ultra rare pair of Christian Dior Sunglasses circa 1969.
This is a seldom and rare piece not only for its aesthetic value but for its importance in the sunglasses and fashion histor...
Category
1960s Austrian Rare Gifts
Mariano Fortuny Apricot Delphos Gown
By Fortuny
Located in New York, NY
This made This dress of finely pleated apricot colored silk with silk cording along side seams, and multicolored glass beads threaded through the cording.
Named after a Greek cla...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Art Deco Rare Gifts
Still life with Watermelon, NY
By Irving Penn
Located in Miami, FL
Phillips de Pury Collection of Alain Dominique Perrin
Printed 1985, One from an edition of 21 dye transfer prints
Signed Irving Penn Verso
Literature: Szarkowki, Irving Penn Irving...
Category
1940s Modern Rare Gifts
Materials
Dye Transfer
Descending from the Cross, by Torchlight
By Rembrandt van Rijn
Located in New York, NY
Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn
1606 Leiden – Amsterdam 1669
The Descent from the Cross by Torchlight 1654
etching and drypoint; sheet 213 x 163 mm (8 3/8 x 6 7/16 inches)
Bart...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Rare Gifts
Materials
Drypoint, Etching
Wind Tunnel Model of a Douglas Destroyer Made by NACA/NASA in 1942
Located in London, GB
A very rare World War II 1/5 scale wind tunnel development model of a Douglas "Destroyer" XSB2D-1 torpedo and dive bomber, circa 1942.
The model was made ...
Category
1940s American Vintage Rare Gifts
Materials
Aluminum
Large French Tudor Wall Mirror by Line Vautrin
By Line Vautrin
Located in Atlanta, GA
A stunning French convex wall mirror by Parisian art jeweler Line Vautrin (1913-1997) circa 1950s-1960s. A relatively rare model called "Tudor". Textured talosel construction with si...
Category
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Rare Gifts
Materials
Silver Leaf
Ciclotte Bike in Carbon Fiber by Luca Schieppati
By Luca Schieppati
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Ciclotte bike is an innovative exercise bike, designed and made in Italy, that combines idea, form and technology rethinking the traditional aesthetic an...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Rare Gifts
Materials
Plastic
$21,193 / item
French Wine Corker
Located in New Orleans, LA
The fine art of wine-making is brought to life by this rare French wine corker. Beautifully crafted of wrought iron, this corker is specifically des...
Category
20th Century French Other Rare Gifts
Materials
Iron
$12,850
David Hockney, A Bigger Book
By David Hockney
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Hardcover, 50 x 70 cm (19.6 x 27.5 in.), 498 pages, 13 fold-outs, with an adjustable bookstand designed by Marc Newson, plus an illustrated 680-page chronology book
A Bigger Book, TASCHEN’s SUMO...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary European Rare Gifts
Materials
Paper
$5,500 / item
East Vidette
By Ansel Adams
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Signed (AE Adams), titled, printed on the front of print. Rare vintage parmelian print from 1927.
Category
1920s Rare Gifts
Untitled - Rare Etching by Lucio Fontana - 1965
By Lucio Fontana
Located in Roma, IT
Original black and white etching, hand signed in pencil on the lower right. Numbered in pencil on lower left. Edition of 100 prints. Representing a rooster on a branch. Very good con...
Category
1960s Rare Gifts
Materials
Etching
Van Cleef&Arpels D0.36ct 93P D3.26ct 18K White Gold Cosmos Large Model Ring
By Van Cleef & Arpels
Located in Tokyo, JP
■Item No.321171205
■Brand: Van Cleef & Arpels
■Retail Price: JPY 6,336,000 (including tax)
■Name: COSMOS Large Model Ring
■Material: 1P diamond (D0.36ct), total 93P diamond (D3.26ct)...
Category
2010s French Rare Gifts
Materials
Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold
Anotherview, No.21, Anotherview N.21 Trevi Fountain a Few Days After Lockdown
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Anotherview is an ongoing project that takes place in between interior design and video art. It transforms your home into a nomadic place, where virtual window leads to unexpected la...
Category
2010s Italian Rare Gifts
Materials
Iron
Hermes Park Picnic Basket A Walk in the Garden Plates and More New w/ Box
By Hermès
Located in Miami, FL
Mightychic offers a guaranteed authentic limited edition Hermes Park Picnic Basket for a most delightful outing with a dash of luxury.
Hand braided wicker ...
Category
2010s French Rare Gifts
Chanel SS19 Skateboard
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
Elevate Your Ride or Decor game with Chanel’s Limited Edition Skateboard. A part of the French house’s SS19 collection, Chanel has released a luxe skateboard for those looking to add...
Category
2010s French Rare Gifts
$12,500
Rosior by Manuel Rosas "Dog" Pendant Necklace set in White Gold with Diamonds
By Rosior
Located in Porto, PT
Rosior Contemporary "Dog" Pendant Necklace manufactured in White Gold and set with:
- 1296 colorless (F-VVS) Diamonds with 10,75 ct;
- 496 Yellow Diamonds with 5,07 ct;
- 113 Black D...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Contemporary Rare Gifts
Materials
Diamond, White Diamond, Yellow Diamond, Black Diamond, Brown Diamond, Go...
Louis Vuitton Groom Bellboy Doll VIP With 2 Keepall Bags RARE
By Louis Vuitton
Located in Corcoué Sur Logne, Loire-Atlantique
Rare Louis Vuitton Doll
Given to the VIP customers by the Brand
Bellboy Groom Shaped
Carrying 2 Keepall Bags: one brown with LV monogramm all ove...
Category
2010s French Rare Gifts
Landscape Mobile, Limoges by Roy Lichtenstein
By Roy Lichtenstein
Located in Jersey City, NJ
With landscape mobile, Roy Lichtenstein has designed a beautiful "art system" as a table centerpiece. Invoking Alexander Calder's standing mobiles, Lichtenstein termed this piece a "stabile." It is in fact a non-moving object representing a tall tree set in a green basin...
Category
2010s French Rare Gifts
Materials
Porcelain, Resin
